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Phoenicopterus

Reptilia - Theropoda - Phoenicopteridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Phoenicopterus Linnaeus
1891Phoenicopterus Shufeldt p. 819
1902Phoenicopterus Hay p. 531
1930Phoenicopterus Hay p. 297
1933Phoenicopterus Lambrecht p. 344
1940Phoenicopterus Wetmore p. 19
1955Phoenicopterus Brodkorb p. 18
1955Phoenicopterus Howard p. 24
1956Phoenicopterus Wetmore p. 23
1976Gervaisia Harrison and Walker
1978Harrisonavis Kašin
1984Phoenicopterus Cheneval p. 90
1988Phoenicopterus Carroll
1992Phoenicopterus Emslie p. 263
2001Phoenicopterus Olson and Rasmussen p. 294
2002Phoenicopterus Mlikovsky p. 106
2012Phoenicopterus Candela et al. p. 521
2014Phoenicopterus del Hoyo et al.
2017Phoenicopterus Clements et al.
2018Phoenicopterus Worthy and Yates p. 232
2020Phoenicopterus Worthy and Nguyen p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderPhoenicopteriformes
familyPhoenicopteridaeBonaparte 1838
genusPhoenicopterus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Phoenicopterus Linnaeus 1758
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Phoenicopterus chilensis Molina 1782 [Chilean flamingo]
Phoenicopterus copei Shufeldt 1891
Phoenicopterus croizeti Gervais 1852
Phoenicopterus floridanus Brodkorb 1953 [flamingo]
Phoenicopterus minutus Howard 1955
Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas 1811 [greater flamingo]
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Invalid names: Phoenicopterus antiquorum Temminck 1815 [synonym]
Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus 1758 [American flamingo]
Phoenicopterus stocki Miller 1944
Invalid names: Gervaisia Harrison and Walker 1976 [synonym], Harrisonavis Kašin 1978 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.44 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Auvergne) P. croizeti (125333)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Czech Republic Harrisonavis croizeti (61440 61441)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Argentina (Entre Rios) P. sp. (199484)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Florida) P. floridanus (122351)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (Northern Territory) P. novaehollandiae (13315)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Chihuahua) P. stocki (18755)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) P. floridanus (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) P. ruber (182159)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) P. sp. (19753)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) P. sp. (20540)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt P. antiquorum (21888)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) P. antiquorum (22544)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) P. ruber (192626)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) P. copei, P. ruber (20400)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117South Africa P. roseus (198625)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Mexico) P. copei (71320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) P. sp. (192628)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) P. copei (93251 176222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal P. ruber (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) P. copei (192602) P. minutus (192606 192607 192609) P. minutus, P. copei (20273)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela P. ruber (197931 197932 197934)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius P. ruber (194169) P. sp. (194024)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Reunion P. ruber (193996)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar P. roseus (236022) P. ruber (195019)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Puerto Rico P. ruber (194583)